Chapter 3

Her pencil collided with her book as she held her head in her hands in frustration. Why had he been so nice to her? and just after that incident in his office! Her raven hair fell around her like a curtain as she sighed.

'why is it that after one simple act of kindness from him I start thinking about him non-stop!' She thought sitting upright. She glanced at her homework one last time before getting up and leaving the room.

She leaned against her door and sighed again. A cold chill swept over her making her slightly jerk her spine forward. An constant uneasiness churned in her stomach as she started walking to the kitchen.

Sweat covered her forehead as her body became heavy and her breaths shortened. She fell to her knees and clutched at her heart gasping for air. 'what's wrong with me? The pain…' She fell onto her side gasping for help from anyone. As darkness overcame her a ghostly figure appeared before her. The only thing catching her attention was violet eyes.

"Niki?" a voice called. "Niki?" She groaned as a bright light disturbed her eyesight. She opened her eyes to meet violet ones. She gasped and sat upright in shock.

"Who are you?" she said his soft yet controlling violet eyes capturing her maroon ones.

"It's me! Yugi!" the boy said. Niki blinked a couple times and the once intoxicating violet eyes became the familiar blue-purple eyes that belonged to her friend.

"Yugi?" Niki said as if the name was foreign to her.

Yugi grabbed the towel that was once on the raven-haired girl's forehead and placed it in a water bowl, "how are you feeling? When Gloria let me in I found you knocked out in the hallway."

Niki rested her head in her hand, "I…I don't know what happened…there was a numbing pain in my chest and then the next thing I know…everything was dark…"

Yugi ran his hand through his spiky hair, "well, you feeling any better now?"

Niki nodded slowly, "the pain's gone…what time is it?"

Yugi looked at his watch, "about 7:30…school's started but I wanted to make sure you were alright first."

Niki smiled at him, "thanks Yugi…" The tri-colored hair boy just smiled in return.

Niki paused from her current task on her computer and sighed. She still wondered what had happened to her. Never before had it happened to her.

"Miss Walker," Kaiba's secretary spoke from her intercom on Niki's phone, "Mr. Kaiba wants to speak with you."

Niki blinked, 'why does he want to see me? I stopped messing with him, yeesh!' "I'm coming." She stood from her desk and headed to the elevator that took her to the 25th floor.

She stepped into Kaiba's office closing the door behind her. The CEO was typing away at his laptop apparently not noticing her enter the room. Her maroon eyes stared at him with the most utter interest. His short brown hair fell slightly over his deathly entrancing blue eyes giving him a eerie mystique.

Too lost in her thoughts she didn't noticed the brunette staring at her in equal curiosity. "Afternoon, Niki," his voice echoed in her head.

She blinked away all her thoughts and answered, "Afternoon, Mr. Kaiba. You wished to speak with me?" He motioned for her to sit which she did so in a ladylike manner.

"I did," he said closing his laptop, "your work here has improved from when you first started."

"thank you," she said shyly holding back a blush.

He nodded and continued, "and I don't offer this opportunity to anyone, Miss Walker. So think long and hard. But I wish for you to work as one of my top employees in the engineering area."

Niki's face lit up as a smile crawled onto her face, "you sure about this, sir?"

A smirk evident on his face he nodded, "I haven't been so sure about anything. Now, do you accept or decline?"

Niki stood up quickly almost losing her balance in the process, "of course I do! I've always wanted this position! Sir, thank you so much!"

Kaiba leaned back in his seat and nodded, "you'll start tomorrow. One of the employees in that area will help you when you make your transition."

Niki held back a joyful scream, "thank you, sir! I won't disappoint you!" Kaiba watched as she left practically skipping away. A smirk crept to his face as he opened his laptop.

'I'd like to see how she will do as an engineer…if she's good, maybe I'll consider Rose's offer…'